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Illinois' new comptroller was hand-picked by Gov. Bruce Rauner, who made the appointment with the intention of keeping a Republican in that office for as long as possible. But Comptroller Leslie Munger hasn't been the doormat some Capitol-watchers had expected her to be.
In what may have been Illinois' worst game of the season, they managed to shoot only 37.3 percent. Malcolm Hill led the team with 13 points. The Illini now await word of a possible NIT bid on Sunday.
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Startup costs of the engineering-based school are estimated at $100 million. At their meeting Thursday in Urbana, U of I Trustees also announced that President-designate Timothy Killeen will start May 18.
Years of politicians using money that was supposed to go toward pensions for other needs is largely how the state built its $111 billion pension debt in the first place.
The project would found an engineering-focused medical program out of a partnership between the U of I and Urbana-based Carle Hospital.
